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dorsal origin and caudal base; first branched ray 1 J in head, reaching 

 caudal base in smaller example. Anal inserted about midway be- 

 tween ventral origin and caudal base, nearer latter in smaller ex- 

 ample; 1\ to If in head. Caudal large; eye-diameter longer than 

 head, deeply forked, with lower lobe much longer in larger example; 

 pectoral, 1^ to 1^; ventral, If. Color in alcohol dull olive-brown 

 above, paler to whitish below. Fins all pale brown. Two examples, 

 110 to 146 mm. 



CARANX HIPPOS (Linnaeus). 



Head, 2| to 3^; depth, 2^ to 2f; D. VIII— I, 19 to 22; A. II— 

 I, 15 to 18; scutes in lateral line, 29 to 36; snout, 3§ to 4 in head 

 measured from upper jaw tip; eye. 3 to 3§; maxillary, 2^ to 2^; 

 interorbital, 3 to 3^; rakers, + 15 or U<. Five examples, 50 to 

 104 mm. 



An examination and comj^arison with American examples from 

 Brazil, Santo Domingo, and Xew Jei^ey reveals no distinctions. The 

 cycloid scales of all are with similar circuli and no basal striae. 



EPINEPHELUS AENEUS (Geoffrey St. Hilaire). 



Head, 2^; depth, 3 J to 3^; D. X or XI. 15; A. Ill, 8; scales about 

 102 to lOS along and close above lateral line to caudal base and 15 to 

 18 more on latter; tubes, 71 to 73 in lateral line to caudal base and 

 13 to 20 on latter; 14 or 15 scales above lateral line to soft dorsal 

 origin, 28 to 34 below; snout, 4 to 4§ in head from upper jaw tip; 

 eye, 4; maxillary, 2 to 2J; interorbital, 7 to 7i. Well compressed, 

 back but little elevated. Caudal peduncle, length about | to | its 

 least depth; latter 3J to 3^ in total head length. Head width, 2f 

 its length. Snout conic; length thi-ee-fourths its width. Eye ad- 

 vanced little beyond middle in head length; less so with age, and 

 impinging on upper profile. Mouth large; loAver jaw well protruded. 

 Maxillary to or slightly beyond ])U])il, not quite to hind eye edge; 

 expansion 1| to 2 in eye. Teeth in rather narrow bands. Two rows 

 below in sides of mandible. Canines moderate, distinct pair in front 

 above and another depressible inner ];air. Moderate teeth in bands 

 on vomer and palatines, in about tlu-ee rows on latter. Interorbital 

 slightly convex, with little median depression. Hind })reopercIe edge 

 serrate, with cluster of fom- enlarged divergent spines at angle. 

 Rakers vi, 2 + 8 to 11 v or vi, lanceolate, about | of filaments and 

 latter about 2 in eye. Pseudobranchiae equal gill-filaments. Muz- 

 zle and maxiUai-y nailed. Scales on head small and cycloid, with 

 apical circuli coarser than marginal, and 2 or 3 short basal striae. 

 About 22 rows of scales on cheek. Scales on trunk small, crowded 

 or smaller along edges and over fin bases, mostly cycloid, circidi 

 mostly even and with 4 or 5 basal radu. Only few scales along lower 

 sides ctenoid, or with about 5 minute apical denticles. Tubes in 



